For many employers, Hurricane Ian brought questions related to employee pay. One of the most frequently asked questions was, “Should I pay exempt employees who miss work due to bad weather conditions?” An exempt employee is someone who is not entitled to overtime pay for more than 40 hours worked…
As a reminder, effective September 30, 2022, Florida’s minimum wage increased from $10.00 to $11 per hour. Tip Credit Employers who meet the eligibility requirements for the tip credit under the Fair Labor Standards Act may credit up to $3.02 toward satisfaction of the minimum wage paid to tipped employees,…
On June 2, 2022, the Florida governor signed the Freedom First budget for State Fiscal Year 2022-2023 (the “Law”), which provided over $600 million in funding to the Agency for Health Care Administration (“AHCA”) to increase the minimum wage for employees of Medicaid providers to at least $15 an hour….
In a recent preliminary injunction comparing Florida’s First Amendment views to the “upside down” parallel dimension in the television series Stranger Things, a federal district court in Florida temporarily prevented enforcement against employers of the Information Freedom Act (“IFA”) (dubbed as The Stop the Wrongs to Our Kids and Employees…
On August 4, 2022, the Biden Administration declared the monkeypox outbreak a public health emergency. Monkeypox is not expected to reach pandemic levels. Even so, employers should be prepared in case an employee tests positive for monkeypox. What is Monkeypox? Monkeypox is a rare disease that is part of the…